Digital Agri-Food Policy Forum
Note from CAPI
Digital capability is increasingly tied to productivity, resilience and competitiveness in Canadian agri-food, yet adoption remains uneven and the ecosystem supporting it remains fragmented. Through our 2025 and 2026 Digital Agri-Food Reports, CAPI and EMILI have observed a landscape with no shortage of ideas, tools or early-stage activity, but with limited opportunities for cross-sector dialogue at a national level.
The Digital Agri-Food Policy Forum is designed to address that gap. Convened by CAPI and EMILI, the Forum brings together leaders from across Canada’s agri-food ecosystem, actors who do not typically sit at the same table, to discuss shared challenges, exchange perspectives and identify practical opportunities to advance digital agriculture. The intent is not to develop a prescriptive strategy, but to create a focused space for informed, solution-oriented discussion that can help move the needle on persistent barriers.
The Forum will meet monthly, with each session pairing a short expert briefing with a moderated discussion among members. Topics will range from commercial validation infrastructure and growth-stage financing to regulation, data governance and lessons from other jurisdictions. Participation is limited to 20 members to enable meaningful dialogue.
While discussions are convened within a small group to enable depth, key insights will be translated into shareable outputs, including policy briefs and other publications, to inform broader policy and system-level decision-making. Future work emerging from these discussions will be determined collectively by participating organizations.